Autumn 2008: A Streetcar Named Desire
A play by Tennessee Williams
directed by Krista Jaquet
at the Helmut Förnbacher Theatre, Badischer Bahnhof
November 2008:
Thursday 6th, Friday 7th,
Wednesday 19th, Thursday 20th, Friday 21st
& (by popular demand :-) Extra Performance: Wednesday 26th
Start Time: 19:30
Tickets from Bider & Tanner, Aeschenvorstadt 2, Basel.
+41 (0)61 206 99 96
CHF 30 Students: CHF 25
A Streetcar Named Desire was written in 1947 by American playwright Tennessee Williams for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948. The story of gentility versus brutishness and the conflict brought about when different worlds collide, putting love and loyalty to the test, is one that has thrilled audiences worldwide for the best part of sixty years. The Semi-Circle’s production of this classical but timeless play brings together a large international cast of 14 members, accompanied with live music in the atmospheric Helmut Förnbacher Theater.
Play synopsis: Blanche DuBois is a fading, but still-attractive, Southern belle with pretensions to virtue and culture, but with a thinly-masked alcohol problem. She arrives at the New Orleans apartment of her sister Stella and brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski after taking the streetcar named “Desire”. Blanche’s arrival brings disruption to her sister’s and brother-in-law‘s household. Stella‘s concern for her sister‘s well-being infuriates Stanley leading to conflict between Stella and himself. Stanley‘s bachelor friend Mitch is highly attracted to Blanche and inevitably becomes embroiled in the conflict. Stanley discovers Blanche‘s past and he confronts her with the things she has been trying to put behind her. However, his attempts to “unmask” her are cruel and violent. The consequences are as inevitable as they are horrific.
Cast (in order of appearance)
Ladies:
Negro Woman – Susan Aeschbach
Eunice – Zuzana Cox
Four Deuces patron / “Street Flower” – Christine Gould
Stella – Stephanie Nemeth-Parker
Blanche - Nina Meier-Bradlin
Mexican Woman – Anabel Rodriquez
Nurse – Yasmine Fernandez-Kuensting
Gentlemen:
Pianist (Blue Piano) – Jamie Sievert
Stanley – Frédéric Anklin
Mitch – David Cox
Steve – Jacob Dixon
Pablo – Pablo Wunsch-Blanco
Young Collector – Felix Moser-Boehm
Doctor – Norman Koeth
Production Crew
Krista Jaquet – Director
Michael Clarke – Assistant Director
Conny Heim – Production Designer
Christopher Morrison – Production Manager
Jamie Sievert – Musical Director
Susan Aeschbach-Jagger & Chris Comerci – Prompters
Dragana Blaser – Stage Design
Stephanie Feddern – Lighting
Suzan Wilson – Costume Design/Sponsor Relations
Christine Gould – Sponsor Relations
